From 3e92530c478ac7f6c684b9d2213c305982d17a2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xylophonez <xylophonezygote@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 17:19:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Pin the hyperzine manifest to W6EqQbl9

The mystic reference has not yet been indexed with the manifest that
includes arweave-for-ao, so load that manifest directly. Blank
MANIFEST_TX_ID to return to reference resolution.
---
 scripts/prerender-meta.mjs | 7 +++++--
 src/config.ts              | 3 +++
 src/lib.ts                 | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/prerender-meta.mjs b/scripts/prerender-meta.mjs
index df6cac7..30103cf 100644
--- a/scripts/prerender-meta.mjs
+++ b/scripts/prerender-meta.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ const DEFAULTS = {
   BLOG_SITE_URL: "https://hyperzine.xyz",
   BLOG_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION: "hyperzine",
   ARWEAVE_GATEWAY: "https://arweave.net",
-  MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME: ""
+  MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME: "",
+  MANIFEST_TX_ID: ""
 };
 
 const asObject = (value) => (typeof value === "object" && value !== null ? value : null);
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ const parseConfig = async () => {
     BLOG_SITE_URL: pick("BLOG_SITE_URL"),
     BLOG_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION: pick("BLOG_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION"),
     ARWEAVE_GATEWAY: pick("ARWEAVE_GATEWAY"),
-    MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME: pick("MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME")
+    MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME: pick("MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME"),
+    MANIFEST_TX_ID: pick("MANIFEST_TX_ID")
   };
 };
 
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ const fetchManifestPosts = async (config, manifestTxId) => {
 };
 
 const resolveManifestTxId = async (config) => {
+  if (config.MANIFEST_TX_ID) return config.MANIFEST_TX_ID;
   if (!config.MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME) return "";
   const names = new ReferenceClient({ gateway: config.ARWEAVE_GATEWAY || DEFAULTS.ARWEAVE_GATEWAY });
   const value = await names.resolveName(config.MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME);
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 96a7eab..c4a6919 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ export const BLOG_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION =
   "A blog about cyberspace decentralization";
 export const BLOG_TWITTER_HANDLE = "";
 export const MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME = "mystic";
+// Pinned manifest. When set, the site loads this manifest instead of
+// resolving the reference. Blank it to go back to reference resolution.
+export const MANIFEST_TX_ID = "W6EqQbl9kdM7nqiqhCclZnZEQJs0Rr7sDz-N2ou4TLM";
 export const ARWEAVE_GATEWAY = "https://arweave.net";
 
 export const AO_URL = "https://push-1.forward.computer";
diff --git a/src/lib.ts b/src/lib.ts
index bb5503e..2cb4f18 100644
--- a/src/lib.ts
+++ b/src/lib.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
 import { marked, type Tokens } from "marked";
 import { parse as parseYaml } from "yaml";
 import { ReferenceClient } from "@permaweb/references";
-import { ARWEAVE_GATEWAY, MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME } from "./config";
+import { ARWEAVE_GATEWAY, MANIFEST_REFERENCE_NAME, MANIFEST_TX_ID } from "./config";
 import { parseManifest, type Frontmatter, type ManifestPost } from "./types";
 
 const formatDate = (date: string): string =>
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ const loadReferenceManifest = async () => {
 };
 
 const loadCurrentManifest = async () => {
+  if (MANIFEST_TX_ID) return fetchManifest(MANIFEST_TX_ID);
   return loadReferenceManifest();
 };